BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called on President Biden to promptly appoint qualified individuals to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the role of Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-26-21Topics include: Infrastructure, 99 county meetings, 2022 election, election laws, the opioid epidemic and Afghanistan.
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting in Adair County on Wednesday, September 1. This will mark his 99th county meeting in Iowa for the 41st consecutive year as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“Representative Government is a two-way street. It can’t work without dialogue between elected officials and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are calling on the committee’s chairman, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to convene a hearing to evaluate the Administration’s strategy to curb fentanyl overdoses. A temporary authority banning synthetic fentanyl analogues, which has proven effective in...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced that Harrison Swift, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and resident of Ankeny, will work as the new veterans fellow based in his Des Moines office. Dave Allen, who has worked as Grassley’s veterans fellow since 2015, is retiring.
“I’m glad Harrison will be...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement regarding reports that the EPA has recommended to lower the minimum renewable fuels volumes that must be supplied to the markets in 2021.
“I’m disappointed to hear the EPA is planning to lower the minimum required renewable fuels volumes for this year. If...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received the 2021 Medical Care Champion Award from the Iowa Physician Assistant Society (IPAS). This award recognizes a lawmaker who acted as a champion for physician assistants and demonstrated outstanding support of affordable and accessible quality medical care.
“I’m honored to receive the...
Q&A: Afghanistan
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s the State Department telling Americans who are in Afghanistan?
A: Throughout the last week, Iowans have contacted my office about loved ones stuck in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has created a perilous situation for thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and 14 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to evacuate all American citizens and Afghan partners without respect to arbitrary timelines dictated by the Taliban.
“We are extremely concerned that, despite our recommendations, your...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comments on the injunction issued today by a federal court in Texas against the Biden Administration’s policy severely restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ ability to enforce the law through the arrest and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) and 41 of their Republican Senate colleagues in calling on
the Justice Department allow the special counsel review of the origins of the FBI’s
Russian interference investigation to continue...
Myth: The bill is only 10% - 30% real infrastructure.
Facts: This bill is 100% infrastructure-related spending. Unlike President Biden’s initial proposal or the Democrats’ current $4.2 trillion wish list, this bill is hard infrastructure and does not include social programs or non-traditional infrastructure. This package is $558 billion of new...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings in Keokuk County on Tuesday, August 24 and Lee County on Wednesday, August 25 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-17-21Topics include: Afghanistan, the Senate budget resolution, infrastructure, immigration and Sen. Grassley's 99 county meeting tour.
ICYMI: On the heels of a bipartisan victory, Democrats push partisan spending spree
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Des Moines Register
Traveling to each of Iowa’s 99 counties every year, I hear from Iowans on matters ranging from health care, taxes, agriculture, immigration, child care and labor shortages, natural disasters and...
Q&A: Infrastructure Update
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s in the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure package for Iowa?
A: For years, Iowans have urged elected leaders to work together in Washington to reach consensus on public works projects vital to economic growth, competitiveness and opportunity in our state. In August, the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Thom
Tillis (R-NCJ.) and others in questioning Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about DHS’ reckless decision to release tens of
thousands of illegal immigrants, including potentially dangerous criminals,
into the country without a proper and complete Notice to Appear...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking federal records that may corroborate whistleblower accounts that President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) displayed racial bias while serving as a supervisor at the agency. The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this morning voted against the Democrats’ partisan budget proposal that amounts to a reckless multi-trillion dollar tax and spending spree.
“It’s a shame that right after completing work on our bipartisan infrastructure bill, Senate Democrats opted to revert back to a partisan agenda,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to last night’s partisan budget resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have prohibited illegal immigrants charged or convicted of crimes from receiving lawful permanent resident status in the United States.
“We shouldn’t allow criminals to enter our country and become...
